Bowel visualization during indium-111-labelled diethylene triamine penta-acetic acid cisternography due to massive cerebrospinal fluid leak. Case report and review of the literature.
We report a case of massive cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage where the tracer injected intra-thecally for radionuclide cisternography was later visualized in the bowel as well as the nasopharynx. We discuss the potential implications of this finding in patients with CSF leaks. A brief review of the diagnosis of CSF leaks is included.
Jeffery
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Division of Nuclear Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21205.
Sostre
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Scherer
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Kasecamp
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Camargo
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D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002559:Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D003106:Colon / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007205:Indium Radioisotopes; D008297:Male; D004369:Pentetic Acid; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013100:Sphenoid Bone / Q000293:injuries
D007205:Indium Radioisotopes; D004369:Pentetic Acid